Daily sales book file and instant locator



Oct. 18, 1949.

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DAILY SALES BOOK FILE AND INSTANT LOCATOR Filed 06t. 51,1946

Patented Oct. 18,1949

OFFICE DAILY SALES BOOK FILE AND INSTANT LOCATOR Vernon D. McBrayer, Florence, Ala.

Application October 31, 1946, Serial No. 706,843

1 Claim.

This invention relates to a daily sales book file and locator. It has for its main object to provide a combined file and instant locator for use in retail stores where it is necessary to charge many items during the course of business. In modern retail business the saving of time is of great importance. vides eflicient means for taking care of the sales books but also enables the salesman to easily and quickly locate the particular book when necessary to make an entry therein. Other advantages will appear from the drawings and description.

By referring to the drawings, part of this application, it will be observed that Fig. 1 is a plan view and partial in section of the register counter, showing the top of the rolling book case and individual tills; Fig. 2 is a cross sectional view of the counter showing the arrangement of the case, rollers, channel tracks, handle to bring the case to opening in counter top and position of some of the locator keys; Fig. 3 is an elevational view, part in section, of rear of counter, showing partial view of case and tills, rollers, case handle, latch to hold case in proper position for use, and wheel handle and mechanism to close slot door; Fig. 4 is a detail view of book rack with metal guides attached; Fig. 5 is a detail view of rack to hold loose sales slips used instead of book; Fig. 6 is a specimen of indices used on sloping plane at rear of counter to indicate the position of the case and tills and give the number of the book desired so that proper locator key can be depressed; Fig. 7 is a general plan view of modified mechanism for elevating the sales books; and Fig. 8 is an elevational view of the mechanism shown in Fig. '7.

Similar reference numerals refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

Referring to the drawings in detail it will be seen that the device comprises a main case or counter that houses the parts and mechanism for taking care of the sales books or slips. It is provided with a handle I that is attached to the sliding book case l3. The handle I is provided with an indicator 2 to show proper position with relation to the book case l3. Guide or index cards 3 are placed along on the slope plane of the main case or counter. The trigger 4 in the handle is adapted to fit in the holes I I along the counter to register the keys. The trigger 4 is provided with a compression spring 4' for holding it set. Hand wheel 5 with connections 6 are for use in closing the long door 8 over the opening I in which the handle arm I0 slides along to move the book case [3 to which it is attached. The

The present invention not only prolong opening 7 may be closed by thedoor 8 only when the handle arm I0 is in its extreme left position. The book case I3 is slidable on ball bearing rollers lfisupported on channels It attached to the walls of the main case. The customers book or slips are contained in racks 23 of two types. One provides for a sales book as shown in Fig. 4 with metal clip holders 24 with the book having space 22 for its number, and the type as shown in Fig. 5 for loose slips. This type has side walls 25 and a metal clip 26 to retain the slips in place. The keys 9 on levers 2| supported on pins in fulcrums 3| operate the tappets 18 to elevate the racks 23. The springs .21 on the tappets push them down when not in use. There is a key and lever assembly for each tappet. The lever assembly may be curved or straight to accomplish the purpose of elevating the tappet that pushes upward' the containers of the sales books or loose slips. The structure of the levers is a matter of choice. The top 28 of the main case or counter is provided with an opening H for placing and replacing sales books or sales slips. It is provided with a suitable door l2. The book case 13 and operating mechanism are contained in the upper compartment I9 of the main case or counter. The outer walls I! and 20 are preferably made of fire resisting material. The lower compartment of the main case is provided with a fioor 30 and doors 29 for storage purposes. The indices 3 as shown in Fig. 6 are placed conveniently along the slope at the top of the main case to show the names of customers and numbers of files containing their respective sales books or sales slips.

From the foregoing it will appear that in order to enter a charge against a customer the salesman sets the handle with book case attached at the proper place determined from the information on the index card, presses the key that will elevate the rack containing the sales book or sales slips, makes the entry, then places the book or slip back in its containing rack, and the job is finished.

In Figs. '7 and 8 a modified mechanism is shown for raising the sales books from the tills. This modification comprises an indicator lever mounted on a tube 31 that passes through a bracket 39, supported on extensions integral with the counter. The bracket top face is provided with dial numbers and stop notches that correspond with the numbers of the tappets l8, l9. A rod 36 is positioned through the tube 31 and is in contact with a lever 34 supported on a fulcrum 35. The base of the indicator lever 40 is integral with the tube 31. A grooved pulley 38 is attached to the tube 31 and revolves with it. A wire cable 43 is looped around the pulley 38 and a smaller pulley 42 that is supported on a bracket 46 attached to the wall 20 of the counter. This cable is attached at one place 41 to the pulley 38 to prevent slipping. A square bar 32 is supported rockably in the brackets 46. A slidable lever member 4| is mounted on the square bar and is fastened by means 48 to the cable 43 and is movable with it. A second lever member 33 is attached in fixed position on the square bar 32. The end of this lever 33 is connected to a rod 44 that leads to the lever 34. A spring 49 holds the levers 33 and 4| in horizontal position when not in use. To use this modified mechanism the indicator lever 40 is set with its point at the number desired which is in register with a tappet having the same number as a result of the operating pulley and cable being fastened as herein described. As the indicator lever 40 is revolved it turns the pulley 38 to which the cable 43 is anchored and the cable slides the lever 'member 4| along the square bar 32 to the position wanted. The free end of the indicator lever 40 is pushed downward thereby pushing the rod 36 downward which causes movement through lever 34 and rod 44 to push upward the end of the fixed lever member 33 that through the square rod 34 moves upward the end of lever member 4| that makes contact with the bottom of the tappet desired to thus elevate the till and book as shown in Fig. 8.

The device may be made of any material suitable for the purpose, but I prefer to use fireproof material. The invention resides in the combination and arrangement of the various coacting parts, not the material of which they are made.

While I have shown and described the preferred embodiment of my invention, I do not wish to limit same to the exact and precise details of structure, but reserve the right to make all modifications and changes so long as they remain within the spirit and scope of the following claim.

Having described my invention, I claim:

A daily sales book file and instant locator of the class described comprising; a main housing case forming a counter, an upper and lower book containing case positioned within the upper compartment and slidable therein, rollers positioned in channels supported on the walls within the compartment, the slidable case supported on the rollers, a plurality of open bottom tills in the sliding case, a sales book holding rack positioned in each till; a plurality of typewriter-like keys mounted adjacent the outer rear top portion of the wall of the main case, levers leading from the keys into the upper compartment, tappets mounted upon the ends of the levers leading into the upper compartment, said keys and levers adapted by manual operation to push the tappets upward, spring means adapted to return the tappets to their rest positions, the tops of the tappets positioned to register with the bottoms of the holding racks, handle means attached to the slidable book case and adapted to move the case to different positions within the upper compartment of the main case, notches for registering the handle means of the book case and retaining the case in several different positions, an opening in the top of the main case, the book case adapted by manual means to be set for the key-lever-tappet combination to elevate a sales book from the book case through the opening in the top of the main case.

VERNON D. MCBRAYER.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 972,499 Boye Oct. 11, 1910 1,072,007 Hick Sept. 2, 1913 1,073,027 Christensen Sept. 9, 1913 1,195,309 White Aug. 22, 1916 1,337,575 Weckbaugh Apr. 20, 1920 OTHER REFERENCES Ser. No. 273,370, Becker (A. P. C.) pub. Apr. 27, 1943.

Ser. No. 323,734, Becker (A. P. 0.), pub. Apr. 27, 1943. 

